Re:Putin ‘purges’ 150 FSB agents in response to Russia’s bot...
by pydry on Tuesday April 12, 2022 @12:20PM
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>Perhaps, but I don't think people realise just how bad Finland was for the USSR. The land gained was nowhere near worth the effort.
Precisely. This is how the west will probably characterize this war in retrospect too.
>But that aside, are Russian state parading captured "nazis" on TV yet? surely you'd be doing that to show progress no?
Not until the city is secured. Similarly it took 2 days until after the pullout before we started hearing about the Bucha war crimes.
Mostly agree. but given the bluster of the on air pundits, some of them will need special briefings.
> Comparisons to the winter war will permeate twitter
Perhaps, but I don't think people realise just how bad Finland was for the USSR. The land gained was nowhere near worth the effort.
> Thats where all the fighters with swastikas tattooed on them were anyway I've never understood this bit. Yes, the Azov have ultra nationalists in them, but then the some of the Donbas fighters appear to be wearing Totenkompf badges. If you're going to be anti nazi, don't wear SS badges.
But that aside, are Russian state parading captured "nazis" on TV yet? surely you'd be doing that to show progress no?
Especially when parents and wives start to realise that their significant other isn't communicating anymore.
but I digress.
The real issue comes from holding all that land. Its not like the populace are going to take it lying down